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The Manhatten District was created in the middle of World War 2 in order to hide the creation of the atomic bomb.
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The Big Inch was the largest pipeline of its time and was created to help bring oil to war efforts. It was completed almost exactly a year after construction started.
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Authorized the Secretary of Interior to operate plants that made fuels out of natural sources such as agriculture or oil shale.
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After the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President, Harry Truman, was elected.
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On May 7th, 1945, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies.
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A plutonium implosion bomb was detonated at a nuclear testing area in New Mexico.
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The United States dropped the uranium bomb known as Little Boy on Hiroshima Japan claiming around 70,000 lives.
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The United States dropped the plutonium bomb known as Fat Man on Nagasaki Japan claiming an estimated 60,000 lives.
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Five days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan surrendered to the Allies.
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A breakthrough was made at the Brookhaven National Library when scientists found a way to explore nuclear energy for a peaceful purpose.
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The Soviet Union began to build the Berlin Wall which separated West Berlin from the world.
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The Berlin wall lasted for 30 years and separated West Germany from East Germany.
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Harry Truman was re-elected as the United State's President and served a second term.
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On August 29th, 1949, the Soviet Union detonated their first nuclear bomb, thus setting the United States into a panic.
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President Harry Truman ordered the AEC, (Atomic Energy Commission) to begin researching and developing a thermonuclear weapon.
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North Korea invades South Korea and starts the Korean War. This War lasted for three years.
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The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war started due to border clashes and rebellions.
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The United States Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine officially joined the Navy fleets.
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As Harry Truman left the presidential seat, Dwight Eisenhower took his place.
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John Gibbon successfully performed open-heart surgery on a young woman, by using a cardiopulmonary bypass machine. (Also known as, The Heart-Lung Machine.)